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Holiday Recipes from Terry Traub Healthy Holiday Meals
A few preliminary notes:
1) Anything designated with AF means the recipe or item is dairy-free (no cow's milk), egg-free, corn-free, and gluten-free (no wheat flour or other gluten flour).
2) Gluten-free bread is heavy flour bread. Traub favors the commercial ones that are freshly sealed, but watch out for egg whites in these breads. If you are not positive about egg allergies, you need to stay with the pure rice breads. The best tasting breads are the homemade breads. All of the homemade breads contain egg whites.
3) Photos of these recipes are available upon request.
PANTRY ITEMS
One 12-pound organic turkey
Kosher salt
Sorghum flour found at health food stores or bobsredmill.com
Rice flour
Potato starch
Xanthan gum found at health food stores, organic stores, or bobsredmill.com
8 sea scallops
1 pound organic cured or uncured turkey bacon (my favorite is Trader Joe's uncured)
Shallots, carrots, onions, celery, potatoes (If you are unable to get organic veggies, buy a pesticide and wax remover. You can find products like this, such as Environné, in the produce department of your grocery store.)
1 loaf homemade gluten-free bread—mix available at select stores, health food stores, and organic stores (for corn-free, use tapioca bread from Ener-g)
Rice milk and/or soy milk
Organic canned pumpkin
TIMELINE FOR DINNER
2 Weeks Ahead: Order organic turkey
1 Week Ahead: Buy vegetables and supplies
3 Days Ahead: Pick up organic turkey
2 Days Ahead: Make gluten-free bread and gravy
1 Day Ahead: Make chiffon pie
1 Day Ahead: Brine turkey
1 Day Ahead: Chop vegetables
RECIPES
Turkey Bacon-Wrapped Scallops
AF (dairy-free, egg-free, corn-free, gluten-free)
1/4 cup olive oil
8 large sea scallops, cut into four 1-inch chunks each
8 turkey bacon slices*
1/4 cup sorghum flour
Place flour in shallow bowl. Roll cubed scallops in flour and place to the side on wax paper. On cutting board, slice each turkey bacon strip in half, first horizontally, then vertically. Each bacon strip will make 4 thin slices. Wrap turkey bacon slice around each scallop. Secure with toothpick. Heat 12-inch skillet with olive oil to medium-high heat; place bacon-wrapped scallops into skillet. Cook turning the scallops for 20 minutes or until all areas of the scallops are lightly brown and the bacon is cooked. Serve warm.
Makes 32 appetizers
*I like uncured (unsalted) turkey bacon, because there are no added nitrates or nitrites. Trader Joe's uncured turkey bacon is great! But it spoils faster, so I divide the package and freeze the other half.
Thanksgiving Turkey
Instructions for brining turkey: Because the organic turkey is not processed like a commercial turkey, we need to brine our turkey. Pre-wash turkey and clean out cavities. Save neck and other portions for gravy. In a 5-gallon container, containing 1 to 2 gallons of water, place 1 cup kosher salt (3/4 cup if using Morton Kosher) and 1 cup sugar. Dissolve salt and sugar thoroughly. Place turkey into container and cover for 24 hours. This may take up a great deal of room in your refrigerator. Remove turkey from container. Let turkey drain upside down for 30 to 45 minutes.
Cooking turkey: We are not stuffing the turkey. The stuffing dries out the bird. If you are barbecuing the turkey, no basting is necessary; follow instructions. The "Weber Barbecue" turkey instruction is the best. If using an oven, baste the turkey with milk-free, corn-free margarine and follow instructions for a 12-pound turkey.
Savory Chicken (Turkey) Stuffing
AF (dairy-free, egg-free*, corn-free**, gluten-free)
1 loaf homemade, day-old, gluten-free bread, crust removed, cubed
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
3/4 to 1 cup chicken stock* or organic chicken broth
2 tablespoons margarine, melted, dairy-free, corn-free
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Slice bread and let it dry out for 2 hours. Cut bread into cubes and put into bowl. In saucepan, place oil and heat. Add onion and celery, sauté 3 to 4 minutes or until onions are transparent. Cool slightly and add to bread cubes. Add liquids, margarine, and spices. Mix together and put into 2-quart casserole dish, cover. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Uncover and cook for another 10 minutes. Serve with gravy and turkey.
Corn-free**: Use Ener-g tapioca bread for corn-free stuffing
Serves 8
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
T (testing for eggs, dairy-free, corn-free, gluten-free)
3 eggs, separated 6 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup cold water
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin 1/2 cup rice milk
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 envelope unflavored gelatin Baked 8-inch rice pie shell
Whipped topping (optional: can contain corn or soy)
Beat egg yolks and brown sugar until thick; add pumpkin, milk, salt, and spices. Cook mixture in double boiler until thick. Meanwhile, let gelatin stand 5 minutes in cold water, then stir into hot mixture. When dissolved, cool mixture until it begins to set. Beat egg whites until fluffy and gradually add the 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until quite stiff. Fold egg whites mixture into pumpkin mixture. Pour mixture into baked pie crust and chill. Serve with whipped topping if desired.
Pie crust:
3/4 cup rice flour 1 tablespoon potato starch
1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 egg beaten 4 tablespoons margarine, milk-free, corn-free
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place aside an 8-inch pie pan. In medium bowl, beat egg and margarine. In another bowl, mix rice flour, potato starch, baking powder, xanthan gum, sugar, and salt. Add to egg mixture. Gently stir until blended. Place on rice-floured parchment paper. Sprinkle rice flour over mixture and cover with another piece of parchment paper. With rolling pin, roll out dough larger than the pie pan. Fold the dough over on the parchment paper. Place on one half of the pie pan. Now unroll the other piece. Seal edges with fingertips. Bake for 20 minutes on lower rack in oven.
Serves 8
Note: Sometimes the rice mixture will fall apart if you roll it. You can also hand-press the mixture into the pie pan.
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